Jesusὁ Ἰησοῦςsaidἔφηto him,αὐτῷ“AgainΠάλινit is written,γέγραπται‘You shall notΟὐκtestἐκπειράσειςthe Lordκύριονyour God.’”τὸν θεόν σου
Quotation · Deuteronomy 6:16
Go to Deuteronomy 6:16Jesus quotes the first sentence of Deuteronomy 6:16, which in Hebrew continues: “as you tested him at Massah.” Matthew gives it in the singular: “You shall not test.”
Formula: Πάλιν γέγραπται “again it is written” (Matthew 4:7)
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Greek of the New Testament: ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς Πάλιν γέγραπται Οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου
Hebrew (Masoretic text): לֹא תְנַסּוּ אֶת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר נִסִּיתֶם בַּמַּסָּה
Septuagint (Deuteronomy 6:16 in the Septuagint numbering): Οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου, ὃν τρόπον ἐξεπειράσατε ἐν τῷ Πειρασμῷ.
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 6 consecutive words: “Οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0